Bayelsa State Federal Medical Centre Reveals Plans On What To Do With Abadoned Corpse In Their Morgue

The authorities of the Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, have revealed their plan to conduct mass burial of unclaimed corpses in their morgue.

To this extent, the FMC has issued a 21-day notice, informing the public of its decision and asking owners of the unclaimed bodies to identify theirs and have them evacuated.

The management said many of the corpses had been abandoned for over 10 years, though the total corpses were being verified and separated by the pathologists in the Federal Government’s health facility.

The Chief Medical Director, FMC, Yenagoa, Dr. Dennis Allagoa, explained that the move, among other things, was to create space in the mortuary as fresh corpses were being brought in on a daily basis.

He also mentioned the pollution of the environment of the health facility as reason for the management’s decision.

Allagoa said, “We issued a 21-day public notice, because we noticed that corpses have littered the entire mortuary and there is no space to take in new corpses.

“As the decay goes on in the mortuary, the corpses have become a threat to human life because chemical and biochemical effects are ongoing.